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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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